nerwin
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I was wondering if anyone here at TPF who has Nikon's 28mm f/1.8G lens could share your opinion and thoughts on this lens.
I checked my Lightroom library and apparently I tend to favor the 24-30mm focal range so it makes sense to invest in a fast lens around that range. I originally planned to get the 24 2.8D but recently thought about the 28 1.8G after seeing the used prices on eBay, it makes more sense to get that and having 1.8 at 28mm could be really useful, especially when doing milky way shots.
I also considered the 24 1.8G but I find it bigger than I wanted but not really in my budget, the 28 1.8G I guess is pretty light weight and not really big, I think it's like the size of a 50 1.8G with the hood on. But of course once you put the hood on the 28mm, it's going to be bigger.
I use to own the 35 f/2D which I loved, however I felt having 35mm and 50mm primes was just too close and I favored the 35mm more so because it could focus closer.
The reason why I wanted a really fast wide angle prime was the ability to shoot wide in low light and still be able to freeze motion.
While I have the 16-35 which has VR, it's just a f/4 which doesn't let enough light in to freeze motion when the light is low. I had this problem at an event recently which I had to switch to my 50mm because I need those extra stops of light to finally be able to freeze the motion, but I wanted to shoot wider. Though...flash could of helped. Ceiling was too high to bounce anyways and not super fan of direct flash.
I do have the Tamron 28-75 but 2.8 at 28mm is just kind of meh.
So I just want to know from the users of the 28 1.8G if its worth investing in.
I checked my Lightroom library and apparently I tend to favor the 24-30mm focal range so it makes sense to invest in a fast lens around that range. I originally planned to get the 24 2.8D but recently thought about the 28 1.8G after seeing the used prices on eBay, it makes more sense to get that and having 1.8 at 28mm could be really useful, especially when doing milky way shots.
I also considered the 24 1.8G but I find it bigger than I wanted but not really in my budget, the 28 1.8G I guess is pretty light weight and not really big, I think it's like the size of a 50 1.8G with the hood on. But of course once you put the hood on the 28mm, it's going to be bigger.
I use to own the 35 f/2D which I loved, however I felt having 35mm and 50mm primes was just too close and I favored the 35mm more so because it could focus closer.
The reason why I wanted a really fast wide angle prime was the ability to shoot wide in low light and still be able to freeze motion.
While I have the 16-35 which has VR, it's just a f/4 which doesn't let enough light in to freeze motion when the light is low. I had this problem at an event recently which I had to switch to my 50mm because I need those extra stops of light to finally be able to freeze the motion, but I wanted to shoot wider. Though...flash could of helped. Ceiling was too high to bounce anyways and not super fan of direct flash.
I do have the Tamron 28-75 but 2.8 at 28mm is just kind of meh.
So I just want to know from the users of the 28 1.8G if its worth investing in.